Online Ballot

Biographies of the Nominees for the Board of Governors'

The 2026 Nominating Committee selected the following four nominees for future member-at-large positions on the Board of Governors. The nominees’ names will appear on the ballot in September 2026 and, if elected by the ASME membership, 
they will serve on the Board for a three-year term beginning June 2027. 

Please look for an email with the announcement for the online ballot. Questions regarding the ballot may be forward to AnnualBallot@asme.org. 


The Governor-Nominees are:

Oscar Barton, Jr., Ph.D., PE, an ASME fellow, is professor and dean of the Morgan State University Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering. Serving as its third dean, he joined Morgan from George Mason University where he established its Department of Mechanical Engineering. Under Barton’s leadership, the undergraduate program received initial EAC-ABET accreditation retroactive to fall of 2015. Prior to joining Mason, he began his academic career at the United States Naval Academy. While at the U.S. Naval Academy and in its 163-year history, Barton was one of only three African-Americans to obtain the rank of tenured full professor and the first to achieve this milestone in the Division of Engineering and Weapons, Division I. He was the first African-American to lead the Mechanical Engineering Department as chair.

Barton chaired ASME’s Committee on Engineering Education, ASME’s Nominating Committee, served as a member of ASME Public Affairs and Outreach Council, and served as a member-at-large on the Engineering Accreditation Commission’s Executive Committee of ABET, after having served numerous years as a program evaluator and commissioner. Currently, he also serves on the ASME Foundation Board of Directors.

Barton is a Fulbright IEA HBCU Scholar-France & Senegal and Fulbright Specialist – France. Until recently, he served as a member on the Board of Trustees for Missouri University S & T, a member of the Army Education Advisory Committee, and Academic Advisory Council for ABET, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, ASEE Public Policy Committee, and the Global Engineering Deans Council. He is vice chair for the Council of HBCU Engineering Deans. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Tuskegee (Institute) University, and a M.S. in mechanical engineering and Ph.D. in applied mechanics from Howard University.

Amy Betz, Ph.D., an ASME Fellow, is currently an associate professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering and assistant dean for academic success at Kansas State University. In this role, she oversees multiple scholarships, student success programming, and the general engineering program, which includes the first-year introductory courses. Betz has been at Kansas State University for 15 years, starting as an assistant professor and serving as the assistant dean for retention, diversity, and inclusion.

Betz currently serves as chair of the ASME Inclusion Strategy Committee and has been a member since 2020. On this committee, she helped create and disseminate the Inclusion Toolkit. She is also the student section advisor for Kansas State University. She was previously the conference chair for the International Conference on Nano, Micro, and Minichannels.

She received her Ph.D. and Master of Science in mechanical engineering from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from The George Washington University.

Cameron C. Martin is the director of component safety and quality improvement at Westinghouse Electric Company, where he is responsible for developing and implementing multi-year strategies that improve first-pass quality and embed safety into both design and manufacturing processes. He works across engineering and factory organizations to modernize production environments, deploy advanced manufacturing capabilities, and drive behavioral and cultural improvements across a workforce of more than 1,000 personnel.

Previously, Martin led global product development and innovation portfolios for Westinghouse, overseeing large teams of engineers and researchers and advancing clean energy initiatives in areas such as hydrogen, energy storage, and next-generation reactor technologies.

With more than 25 years of experience in commercial nuclear power, advanced manufacturing, and robotics, Martin has held leadership roles across engineering, manufacturing, licensing, and global product management. He has led large, multidisciplinary teams and complex operations supporting critical nuclear infrastructure, with a consistent focus on improving operational performance, strengthening safety culture, and delivering high-quality, first-of-a-kind solutions.

An active member of the engineering community, Martin serves on the ASME Industry Advisory Board and contributes to industry initiatives focused on workforce development, energy innovation, and regulatory advancement. He has also collaborated with organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency and U.S. National Laboratories to support global energy and technology initiatives.

Martin holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.

Brian Y. Webster, CRE is site operations manager at Shell's Technology Center Houston, where he leads safe, reliable, and efficient operations for the company's largest global research facility. He brings more than 30 years of experience in engineering, operations leadership, and high-hazard industrial environments, with a focus on reliability, asset performance, and disciplined execution. Most recently, he led operations readiness for major capital projects, ensuring the disciplined transition of multi-billion-dollar investments into operational assets aligned with safety, performance, and lifecycle value objectives. Previously, he served as reliability manager at Shell's Puget Sound Refinery, where he reduced unplanned downtime from 5.5% to 1.1%, achieving top-quartile performance. He also held maintenance and reliability leadership roles at Shell's Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant, and earlier technical roles with Dresser-Rand and Stoner Associates. He served as an ordnance officer and company commander in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Webster is an active ASME volunteer and past chair of the Petroleum Division, where he restored fiscal sustainability by realigning expenditures with revenue and improving budget transparency. He has served on the Division's Executive Committee since 2019, with contributions across the Big Data for Oil & Gas, Digital Transformation in Oil & Gas, and Robotics Technology committees, conference leadership, scholarship review, and collegiate engagement. He contributed to ASME's STB 1-2020 Digital Transformation Guideline and has held leadership roles in the South Texas Section and Apollo Subsection.

Webster is a member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and has served in nonprofit governance as senior vice president and officer of the Mount Baker Council Board (BSA).

Webster earned an MBA from the University of St. Thomas, a Masters in industrial engineering from the University of Houston, and a B.S. in engineering science (mechanical) from Trinity University.

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